Mime - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a performance using gestures and body movements without words (syn: pantomime)
verb
- act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only (syn: pantomime)
Extra examples
He mimed playing a guitar.
She mimed picking up the phone and dialing a number.
The two well-known dancers mimed the actions and emotions of the leading characters.
The children learn through role-play, dance and mime.
They will perform a short mime later.
Stan put a finger to his mouth, miming 'shush'.
Soundlessly, she mimed picking up a phone and speaking into it.
Singers on television often mime to pre-recorded tapes.
The acting students mimed eating an apple
...in the comic opera, the buffo shared his entrance aria with a grimacing mime...
...her mealy complexion might be OK if she were a mime, but she isn't...
The mime imitated the passers-by
Word forms
I/you/we/they: mime
he/she/it: mimes
present participle: miming
past tense: mimed
past participle: mimed
singular: mime
plural: mimes
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